Title: Dear Devil
Title Record # 41498
Author: Eric Frank Russell
Date: 1950-05-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Language: English
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Author: Eric Frank Russell
Date: 1950-05-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Language: English
User Rating: 9.10 (10 votes) Your vote: Not cast VOTE
Current Tags: Martians (1), post-apocalypse (1), first contact (1), post apocalypse (1), plague (1), Poetry (1), poet (1), aliens (1), post-apocalyptic (1), biological warfare (1) Add Tags
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Awards
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| 5 | 2001 Retro Hugo | Best Novelette |
Publications
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| Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other Worlds Science Stories, May 1950 | 1950-05-00 | ed. Raymond A. Palmer | Clark Publishing Company | $0.35?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
164 | digest?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125". |
mag | Malcolm Smith |  |
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| Big Book of Science Fiction | 1950-08-00 | ed. Groff Conklin | Crown Publishers | $3.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
vii+ 545 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | |
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| Space, Space, Space | 1953-10-00 | ed. William Sloane | Franklin Watts | $2.50?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
288 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Alex Schomburg | |
|
| Space, Space, Space | 1958-00-00 | ed. William Sloane | Franklin Watts | $2.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
288 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Alex Schomburg | ||
| Nebula Science Fiction, Number 26 | 1958-01-00 | ed. Peter Hamilton | Peter Hamilton | 2/-?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced
in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings
equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling.
Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g.
3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that
is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but
sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters
of a shilling). |
112 | digest?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125". |
mag | James Stark | |
|
| Space, Space, Space | 1963-00-00 | ed. William Sloane | Franklin Watts | $3.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
288 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Alex Schomburg | |
|
| Somewhere a Voice | 1965-00-00 | Eric Frank Russell | Dennis Dobson (Dobson Science Fiction) | 16/-?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced
in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings
equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling.
Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g.
3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that
is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but
sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters
of a shilling). |
184 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | |
||
| Somewhere a Voice | 1966-00-00 | Eric Frank Russell | Ace Books | F-398 | $0.40?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
174 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
coll | Kelly Freas | |
| Earthmen and Strangers | 1966-09-00 | ed. Robert Silverberg | Duell, Sloan and Pearce | $3.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
xi+ 240 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | |
||
| Earthmen and Strangers | 1967-05-00 | ed. Robert Silverberg | Meredith Press / Duell, Sloan and Pearce | $3.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
240 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | |||
| Galassia #86 | 1968-02-00 | ed. Ugo Malaguti | Casa Editrice La Tribuna | 86 | Lit 350?Lit: Italian lira. ISO code: ITL in 1861-1999 |
208 | digest?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125". |
mag | Paola Pallottino | |
| Somewhere a Voice | 1968-05-00 | Eric Frank Russell | Penguin Books | 2722 | 4/-?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced
in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings
equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling.
Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g.
3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that
is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but
sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters
of a shilling). |
188 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
coll | Carl Strüwe | |
| Earthmen and Strangers | 1968-07-00 | ed. Robert Silverberg | Dell | 2206 | $0.50?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
191 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
anth | Jeff Jones | |
| Earthmen and Strangers | 1968-07-00 | ed. Robert Silverberg | Dell | 2206 | C$0.50?C$: Canadian dollar. ISO code: CAD |
191 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
anth | Jeff Jones | |
| Gentle Invaders | 1969-05-00 | ed. Hans Stefan Santesson | Belmont Books | B60-1011 | $0.60?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
176 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
anth | |
|
| Gentle Invaders | 1969-05-00 | ed. Hans Stefan Santesson | Belmont Books | B60-1011 | C$0.60?C$: Canadian dollar. ISO code: CAD |
176 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
anth | |
|
| Fiction, #192 | 1969-12-00 |
ed.
Alain Dorémieux?Alain Doremieux |
OPTA | F3.50?F: French frank. ISO code: FRF in 1960-1999 |
164 | digest?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125". |
mag | Lacroix | ||
| Duiveltjelief | 1971-00-00 | Eric Frank Russell | Bruna (Bruna SF #4) | 90-229-9004-4 | ƒ3.50?ƒ: Dutch guilder. ISO code: NLG in 1810s-1999 |
160 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
coll | Rinke Doornekamp | |
| Histoires d'extraterrestres | 1974-04-17 |
ed.
Jacques Goimard, Demètre Ioakimidis?Demetre Ioakimidis , Gérard Klein?Gerard Klein |
Le Livre de Poche (La grande anthologie de la science-fiction #3763) | 2-253-00060-4 | 414 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
anth | Pierre Faucheux | |
|
| Histoires d'extraterrestres | 1974-06-11 |
ed.
Jacques Goimard, Demètre Ioakimidis?Demetre Ioakimidis , Gérard Klein?Gerard Klein |
Le Livre de Poche (La grande anthologie de la science-fiction #3763) | 2-253-00060-4 | 414 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
anth | Pierre Faucheux | ||
| Histoires d'extraterrestres | 1974-11-15 |
ed.
Jacques Goimard, Demètre Ioakimidis?Demetre Ioakimidis , Gérard Klein?Gerard Klein |
Le Livre de Poche (La grande anthologie de la science-fiction #3763) | 2-253-00060-4 | 414 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
anth | Pierre Faucheux | ||
| Histoires d'extraterrestres | 1975-00-00 |
ed.
Jacques Goimard, Demètre Ioakimidis?Demetre Ioakimidis , Gérard Klein?Gerard Klein |
Le Livre de Poche (La grande anthologie de la science-fiction #3763) | 2-253-00060-4 | 414 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
anth | Pierre Faucheux | ||
| Creatures from Beyond | 1975-11-00 | ed. Terry Carr | Thomas Nelson | 0-8407-6459-6 | $6.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
192 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | James E. Barry | |
| Histoires d'extraterrestres | 1976-00-00 |
ed.
Jacques Goimard, Demètre Ioakimidis?Demetre Ioakimidis , Gérard Klein?Gerard Klein |
Le Livre de Poche (La grande anthologie de la science-fiction #3763) | 2-253-00060-4 | 414 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
anth | Pierre Faucheux | ||
| Creatures from Beyond | 1976-04-00 | ed. Terry Carr | Thomas Nelson / SFBC | 2066 | $1.98?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
vi+ 180 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | James E. Barry | |
| Earthmen and Strangers | 1977-00-00 | ed. Robert Silverberg | Manor Books | 0-532-15228-1 / 15228 | $1.50?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
xii+ 240 |
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
anth | |
|
| Histoires d'extraterrestres | 1978-00-00 |
ed.
Jacques Goimard, Demètre Ioakimidis?Demetre Ioakimidis , Gérard Klein?Gerard Klein |
Le Livre de Poche (La grande anthologie de la science-fiction #3763) | 2-253-00060-4 | 414 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
anth | Pierre Faucheux | ||
| The Classic Book of Science Fiction | 1978-00-00 | ed. Groff Conklin | Bonanza Books / Crown Publishers | 545 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | ||||
| The Best of Eric Frank Russell | 1978-10-00 | Eric Frank Russell | Del Rey / Ballantine (Ballantine's Classic Library of Science Fiction) | 0-345-27700-7 | $1.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
xv+ 336 |
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
coll | H. R. Van Dongen | |
| The Best of Eric Frank Russell | 1978-10-00 | Eric Frank Russell | Del Rey / Ballantine (Ballantine's Classic Library of Science Fiction) | 0-345-27700-7 | C$2.25?C$: Canadian dollar. ISO code: CAD |
xv+ 336 |
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
coll | H. R. Van Dongen | |
| Seelen-Transfer | 1979-07-24 | Eric Frank Russell | Pabel (Terra Taschenbuch #316) | TTB316 | DM 3.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999 |
159 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
coll | Cesare Reggiani | |
| Die besten Stories von Eric Frank Russell | 1980-04-00 | Eric Frank Russell | Moewig (Playboy Science Fiction #6703) | 3-8118-6703-2 | DM 7.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999 |
400 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
coll | Oliviero Berni | |
| Sirius, #55 | 1981-01-05 |
ed.
Borivoj Jurković?Borivoj Jurkovic Borivoj Jurkovich |
Vjesnik | Din 30?Din: Serbian and Yugoslavian dinar. ISO codes: YUF in 1945-1966, YUD in 1966-1989, YUN in 1990-1992, YUR in July 1992-September 1993, YUO in October-December 1993, YUG in early January 1994, YUM in 1994-2003, CSD in 2003-2006, RSD since 2006 |
148 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
mag | Vicente Segrelles | |
|
| The Classic Book of Science Fiction | 1982-00-00 | ed. Groff Conklin | Bonanza Books | 0-517-35726-7 | 545 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Ray Yeldham | |
|
| The Great SF Stories 12 (1950) | 1984-09-00 | ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg | DAW Books (DAW Collectors #594) | 0-87997-953-4 / UE1953 | $3.50?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
319 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
anth | Dino Marsan | |
| The Great SF Stories 12 (1950) | 1984-09-00 | ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg | DAW Books / New American Library of Canada (DAW Collectors #594) | 0-87997-953-4 / UE1953 | C$3.95?C$: Canadian dollar. ISO code: CAD |
319 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
anth | Dino Marsan | |
| Histoires d'extraterrestres | 1984-10-00 |
ed.
Jacques Goimard, Demètre Ioakimidis?Demetre Ioakimidis , Gérard Klein?Gerard Klein |
Le Livre de Poche (La grande anthologie de la science-fiction #3763) | 2-253-00060-4 | 414 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
anth | Manchu | ||
| The Best of Eric Frank Russell | 1986-07-00 | Eric Frank Russell | Del Rey / Ballantine (Ballantine's Classic Library of Science Fiction) | 0-345-33223-7 | $3.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
336 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
coll | Barclay Shaw | |
| The Best of Eric Frank Russell | 1987-03-00 | Eric Frank Russell | Del Rey / Ballantine | 0-345-33223-7 | £2.95?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP |
336 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
coll | ||
| Isaac Asimov Presents the Golden Years of Science Fiction: Sixth Series | 1988-00-00 | ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg | Bonanza Books / Crown Publishers | 0-517-65754-6 | $8.95?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
624 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Romas | |
| Earthmen and Strangers | 1989-02-00 | ed. Robert Silverberg | Bart Books | 1-55785-081-X | $3.50?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
191 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
anth | F. Rubio | |
| Le grandi storie della fantascienza 12 | 1994-05-00 | ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg | Bompiani (I grandi tascabili Bompiani #351) | 88-452-2211-X | Lit 15,000?Lit: Italian lira. ISO code: ITL in 1861-1999 |
436 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
anth | Aurelia Raffo | |
D'étranges visiteurs?D'etranges visiteurs |
1998-10-00 | ed. Christian Poslaniec | Médium (France) | 2-211-04809-9 | F40.00?F: French frank. ISO code: FRF in 1960-1999 |
193 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
anth | Richard Oelze | |
| Major Ingredients: The Selected Short Stories of Eric Frank Russell | 2000-09-00 | Eric Frank Russell | NESFA Press | 1-886778-10-8 | $29.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
701 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Bob Eggleton | |
| Major Ingredients: The Selected Short Stories of Eric Frank Russell | 2003-03-00 | Eric Frank Russell | NESFA Press | 1-886778-10-8 | $29.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD |
701 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | Bob Eggleton | |
| Space, Space, Space | date unknown | ed. William Sloane | Grosset & Dunlap | 288 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Alex Schomburg | |